PN | Weekly #18: June 7, 2026
“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.”JAMES ALLEN |
Happy Sunday, Heroic!
Michael here. π
Hope you had a great week!
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There's a moment at the start of summer when the year cracks open. Longer light. School year comes to a close. The calendar shifts. The sense that, for a few months, the days are a little different.
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For me, every year, summer feels like an invitation.
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And this year, inspired by this week's new Philosopher's Note on Kevin Kelly's Excellent Advice for Living, that invitation is carrying more energy.
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As Brian shares in the intro to the note, Kelly is an incredible human who spent a lifetime gathering hard-won wisdom, condensing it into this jam packed volume.
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I LOVED each and every one of the Big Ideas.
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But these side-bar quotes made me hit pause on the audio to stop walking and make a few notes to myself:
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"Your goal is to be able to say, on the day before you die, that you have fully become yourself."
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"Don't measure your life with someone else's ruler."
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"Five years from now, you will wish you had started today."
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"The trick to making wise decisions is to evaluate your choice as if you were looking back 25 years from today. What would your future self think?"
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Put them together, and you get this:
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The ultimate game is becoming who you actually are. Fully. While there's still time on the clock. Not the version measured against someone else's ruler. Yours.
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What is your future self begging you to start... now?
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Pick one thing. Take the first real step this week.
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Because it’s Day 1.
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All in. Let's go.
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-Michael
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P.S. On July 1st, we’re kicking off a hands-on, high-impact program to accelerate your flourishing and performance.
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So start thinking about what you want to feel like at the end of the summer. The progress you want to have made… in your energy, work, and love. Health, wealth, and relationships.
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And get ready to make it a reality.
Enjoy this past week's featured Notes!
The Checklist Manifesto
by Atul Gawande
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
by John C. Maxwell
A Better Way to Live
by Og Mandino
Excellent Advice for Living
by Kevin Kelly
Self-Compassion
by Kristin Neff
The Forever Strong Playbook
by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
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